Who’ll be first in line for H1N1 flu shots? Probably not the usual suspects. Today, the federal panel that makes immunization recommendations for the nation suggested people 65+ should be last in line …

While speaking to the Houston Chronicle Editorial Board last week about health reform, Harris County Hospital District President and CEO David Lopez ran down the list of what’s killing Houstonians and …

President Barack Obama’s remarks about Henry Louis Gates during his news conference Wednesday night may have gotten most of the media attention, but the talk in the medical community Thursday involved …

President Barack Obama is expected to make an urgent appeal on national television tonight to reform health care, but many Americans still don’t know what to think, given the claims and counterclaims. …

Rice University’s bond rating is on one of the major Wall Street ratings house’s “watchlist” for potential downgrade as a result of formal merger negotiations it is conducting with financially ailing …

I don’t know about you, but I love lists: movies to bring to a desert island; all-time worst Beatles covers; greatest cities located around a body of water; best hospitals for digestive disorders. Ok, …

New recommendations suggest the heaviest women should lose weight before they get pregnant, and if they don’t, they should gain just 11 to 20 pounds during pregnancy. The revised Institute of Medicine …